Cancer cases detected in the prevention and control service of a private cancer clinic in Peru

Describe the characteristics of patients seen at the Cancer Prevention and Control Service at a Peruvian private cancer clinic in 2014. This retrospective clinical study analyzed the prevalence of 10 cancers and characteristics of patients seen at a private cancer center located in Lima, Peru. The s...

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Published in:Infectious agents and cancer 2019-11, Vol.14 (1), p.44-44, Article 44
Main Authors: Revilla-López, José, Anampa-Guzmán, Andrea, Marquez, Luis Casanova, Weeks, Katrina, Pollard, Suzanne, Olórtegui-Yzú, Adriel, Ruiz-Velazco, María, Davila-Edquen, Alba, Castro-Dorer, Daniel, Wong-Barrenechea, Juan, Abad-Seminario, Jossira, Gonzáles-Ramos, Pamela, Rivera-Sandoval, Fiorella, Carracedo-Gonzáles, Carlos
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Language:English
Subjects:
Breast
Breast cancer
Diagnosis
Early detection of cancer
Health risk assessment
Human papillomavirus
Insurance coverage
Mass screening
Medical records
Mortality
Oncology
Patients
Thyroid cancer
Womens health
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Summary:Describe the characteristics of patients seen at the Cancer Prevention and Control Service at a Peruvian private cancer clinic in 2014. This retrospective clinical study analyzed the prevalence of 10 cancers and characteristics of patients seen at a private cancer center located in Lima, Peru. The study sample included 7680 adults, and data were collected from de-identified medical records. The average age of the patients was 44.71 years and 98,82% of them had private insurance. The majority of patients were women (67.69%). Our gross incidence rate of cancer was 35.16 per 100,000 in the Cancer Prevention and Control Service in 2014. Only 0.35% had cancer, and most of those diagnosed with cancer (77.78%) were diagnosed in the early stages, stages I and II. The two most common cancers observed were breast and thyroid cancer. The high rates of early, rather than late-stage diagnoses at this clinic are dramatically different than national rates. This difference may be because we are analyzing data from a prevention service seeing mainly patients with private insurance as opposed to national data, which consists primarily of patients seen in oncologic services with national insurance.
ISSN:1750-9378
1750-9378
DOI:10.1186/s13027-019-0259-0